Buster Keaton filmography
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Starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | |Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | |Role | |||
| April 23, 1917 | The Butcher Boy The Butcher Boy (1917 film) The Butcher Boy is a 1917 short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. This was the first in Arbuckle's series of films with the Comique Film Corporation, and Keaton's film debut.- Plot :... |
Buster | — | ||
| June 25, 1917 | The Rough House The Rough House The Rough House is a short comedy film written and directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The Rough House was Keaton's first film as a director.-Cast:* Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Mr Rough... |
Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop | Co-directed and co-written by Roscoe Arbuckle | ||
| August 20, 1917 | His Wedding Night His Wedding Night His Wedding Night is a 1917 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle, Al St. John, and Buster Keaton, and directed by Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Drugstore soda clerk* Al St... |
Delivery boy | — | ||
| September 30, 1917 | Oh Doctor! Oh Doctor! Oh Doctor! is a 1917 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Dr. Fatty Holepoke* Buster Keaton - Junior Holepoke* Al St. John - Gambler* Alice Mann - Vamp* Alice Lake - Maid... |
Junior Holepoke | — | ||
| October 29, 1917 | Coney Island Coney Island (1917 film) Coney Island is a 1917 short silent film comedy written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.-Synopsis:... |
Rival / Cop with mustache | — | ||
| December 10, 1917 | A Country Hero A Country Hero A Country Hero is a 1917 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Village Blacksmith* Buster Keaton - Vaudeville Artist* Al St... |
Vaudeville artist | Film does not survive | ||
| January 20, 1918 | Out West Out West (1918 film) Out West is a 1918 short comedy film, a satire on contemporary westerns, starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John. It was the first of Arbuckle's "Comique" films to be filmed on the west coast, the previous five having been filmed in and around New York City... |
Sheriff / Saloon owner | — | ||
| March 18, 1918 | The Bell Boy The Bell Boy The Bell Boy is a short film produced and released in 1918 by the Comique film company.The film stars Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as bellboys in Elk's Head Hotel. They cause trouble with each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse, a sham robbery turns into a real one,... |
Bellboy | — | ||
| May 13, 1918 | Moonshine Moonshine (1918 film) Moonshine is a 1918 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.While the film is considered incomplete, there are different surviving prints of varying quality... |
Revenue agent | — | ||
| July 6, 1918 | Good Night, Nurse! Good Night, Nurse! Good Night, Nurse! is a 1918 short comedy film written and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The action centers in a sanitarium Arbuckle's character was brought to by his wife, involuntarily, to be operated on by Keaton's character for his alcoholism.- Cast :*... |
Dr. Hampton / Woman with umbrella | — | ||
| September 15, 1918 | The Cook The Cook The Cook is a silent film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The movie is a slapstick comedy and focuses on goings-on at a high-end restaurant with Arbuckle as the Cook and Keaton as the Waiter.... |
Waiter | — | ||
| September 7, 1919 | Back Stage Back Stage (1919 film) Back Stage is a 1919 comedy, one of the last films that Buster Keaton would appear with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle before they went their separate ways, Keaton would get his own studio, and Arbuckle got into feature length films.... |
Stagehand | — | ||
| October 26, 1919 | The Hayseed The Hayseed The Hayseed is a 1919 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Mailman* Buster Keaton - Manager, general store* Molly Malone - Rural girl* Jack Coogan Sr. - Constable... |
Manager, general store | — | ||
| January 11, 1920 | The Garage The Garage (film) The Garage is a 1920 American short comedy film starring Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. It was directed by Arbuckle himself. The film was also known as Fire Chief. This was the fourteenth film starring the duo... |
Mechanic / Fireman | — |
Starring Buster Keaton
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | |Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | |Role | |||
| September 1, 1920 | One Week | The groom | — | ||
| October 27, 1920 | Convict 13 Convict 13 Convict 13 is a 1920 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline.- Plot :Keaton goes from a golf game with his girlfriend to death-row in prison through a case of mistaken identity... |
Gardener / Golfer turned prisoner / Guard | — | ||
| December 22, 1920 | Neighbors Neighbors (1920 film) Neighbors is a 1920 short comedy film written, directed by and starring comedian Buster Keaton.- Plot :Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence... |
The boy | — | ||
| December 22, 1920 | The Scarecrow The Scarecrow (1920 film) The Scarecrow is a 1920 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 19 minutes... |
Farmhand | — | ||
| February 10, 1921 | The Haunted House The Haunted House (1921 film) The Haunted House is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 21 minutes... |
Bank clerk | — | ||
| March 14, 1921 | Hard Luck Hard Luck (1921 film) Hard Luck is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 22 minutes. For sixty years it was Keaton's only major lost film until it was partially reconstructed in 1987, with the critical final scene still... |
Suicidal boy | — | ||
| April 12, 1921 | The High Sign The High Sign The High Sign is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 21 minutes. Although One Week was the first of Keaton's independent shorts to be released, The High Sign was the first one to be produced. ... |
Our hero | — | ||
| May 18, 1921 | The Goat The Goat (1921 film) The Goat is a 1921 short comedy film written, directed by and starring comedian Buster Keaton.- Plot :Buster Keaton is walking by and peers through a barred window while captured murderer "Dead Shot Dan" is having his picture taken. Seeing that the photographer is looking away, Dan moves his head... |
Buster Keaton | — | ||
| October 6, 1921 | The Playhouse The Playhouse (film) The Playhouse is a 1921 silent short film written, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. The movie runs for 22 minutes, and is most famous for an opening sequence in which Keaton plays every role.- Plot :... |
Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown - First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interctors / Stagehand | — | ||
| November 10, 1921 | The Boat The Boat (film) The Boat is a 1921 short comedy film written by, directed and starring Buster Keaton. The International Buster Keaton Society takes its name, The Damfinos, from this film.-Plot:... |
The boat builder | — | ||
| January 1922 | The Paleface | Little Chief Paleface | — | ||
| March 1922 | Cops Cops (film) Cops is a 1922 comedy short silent film about a young man who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade, and is chased all over town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton.- Background and plot :This very Kafka-esque film is... |
The young man | — | ||
| May 1922 | My Wife's Relations My Wife's Relations My Wife's Relations is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - The Husband* Monte Collins - The Father * Wheezer Dell - Brother * Harry Madison - Brother... |
The husband | — | ||
| July 21, 1922 | The Blacksmith The Blacksmith The Blacksmith is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Blacksmith's assistant* Joe Roberts - Blacksmith* Virginia Fox - Horsewoman... |
Blacksmith's assistant | — | ||
| August 28, 1922 | The Frozen North The Frozen North The Frozen North is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film was written by Keaton and Edward F. Cline . The film runs for around 17 minutes. Sybil Seely and Bonnie Hill are co-stars in the film.... |
The bad man | — | ||
| October 1922 | The Electric House The Electric House The Electric House is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Keaton plays a botany student who is accidentally awarded an electrical engineering degree. He then attempts to wire a home using many gadgets. The man to whom the degree should have been awarded then exacts... |
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| November 1922 | Daydreams Daydreams (1922 film) Daydreams is a 1922 short comedy film directed by and featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - The Young Man* Renée Adorée - The Girl* Edward F. Cline - The Theater Director * Joe Keaton - The Girls Father... |
The young man | — | ||
| January 22, 1923 | The Balloonatic The Balloonatic The Balloonatic is a 1923 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It was one of Keaton's final short films.-Plot:A young man has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a hot air balloon for launch... |
The young man | — | ||
| March 1923 | The Love Nest The Love Nest (1923 film) The Love Nest is a 1923 American short comedy silent film written and directed by and starring Buster Keaton.-Synopsis:In order to escape from his life and his lost love, Keaton sets off on his small boat, Cupid, but runs into the whaling ship, The Love Nest... |
Buster Keaton | — |
Starring Buster Keaton, for Educational Pictures
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | |Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | |Role | |||
| March 16, 1934 | The Gold Ghost The Gold Ghost The Gold Ghost is a 1934 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Wally* Warren Hymer - Bugs Kelly* Dorothy Dix - Gloria* Roger Moore - * William Worthington - Gloria's Father, Jim... |
Wally | — | ||
| May 25, 1934 | Allez Oop Allez Oop -Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer* Dorothy Sebastian - Paula Stevens* George J. Lewis - The Great Apollo* Harry Myers - Circus spectator* The Flying Escalantes - Acrobatic Troupe* Leonard Kibrick - Boy watching Buster... |
Elmer | — | ||
| January 11, 1935 | Palooka from Paducah Palooka from Paducah Palooka from Paducah is a 1935 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Jim Diltz* Joe Keaton - Pa Diltz* Myra Keaton - Ma Diltz* Louise Keaton - Sis Diltz* Dewey Robinson - Elmer Diltz* Bull Montana - Bullfrog Kraus... |
Jim Diltz | — | ||
| February 22, 1935 | One Run Elmer One Run Elmer One Run Elmer is a 1935 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer* Lona Andre - The Girl* Dewey Robinson - The umpire* Harold Goodwin - Elmer's rival* Bobby Dunn - Ball player... |
Elmer | — | ||
| March 15, 1935 | Hayseed Romance Hayseed Romance Hayseed Romance is a 1935 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer Dolittle* Dorothea Kent - Molly* Jane Jones* Robert McKenzie - Justice of the Peace... |
Elmer Dolittle | — | ||
| May 3, 1935 | Tars and Stripes Tars and Stripes Tars and Stripes is a 1935 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle* Vernon Dent - Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack* Dorothea Kent - Mack's Girlfriend* Jack Shutta... |
Apprentice seaman Elmer Doolittle | — | ||
| August 9, 1935 | The E-Flat Man The E-Flat Man The E-Flat Man is a 1935 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer* Dorothea Kent - Elmer's Girl* Broderick O'Farrell - Mr. Reynolds* Charles McAvoy* Si Jenks - Farmer* Fern Emmett - Farmer's Wife* Jack Shutta... |
Elmer | — | ||
| October 25, 1935 | The Timid Young Man The Timid Young Man The Timid Young Man is a 1935 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Milton* Lona Andre - Helen* Tiny Sandford - Mortimer * Kitty McHugh - Milton's fiancée* Harry Bowen - Milton's Valet... |
Milton | — | ||
| January 3, 1936 | Three on a Limb Three on a Limb Three on a Limb is a 1936 short comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer Brown* Lona Andre - Molly* Harold Goodwin - Homer the Cop* Grant Withers - Oscar* Barbara Bedford - Addie... |
Elmer Brown | — | ||
| February 21, 1936 | Grand Slam Opera Grand Slam Opera Grand Slam Opera is a 1936 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer Butts* Diana Lewis - The Girl Downstairs* Harold Goodwin - Band Leader* John Ince - Colonel Crowe* Melrose Coakley* Bud Jamison - Arizona Sheriff... |
Elmer Butts | — | ||
| August 21, 1936 | Blue Blazes Blue Blazes Blue Blazes is a 1936 short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton. Buster becomes a fireman, but not a particularly good one. He has a chance to prove himself, however, when three women are trapped in a burning building.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer... |
Elmer | — | ||
| 9 October 1936 | The Chemist | Elmer Triple | — | ||
| November 20, 1936 | Mixed Magic Mixed Magic Mixed Magic is a 1936 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth* Eddie Lambert - Professor Spumoni* Marlyn Stuart - Mary* Ed Hall* Jimmie Fox - * Walter Fenner* Pass Le Noir... |
Elmer "Happy" Butterworth | — | ||
| January 8, 1937 | Jail Bait Jail Bait (1937 film) Jail Bait is a 1937 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Plot:Following a kidnapping and murder, a reporter believes he knows the identity of the murderer; so, he asks his roommate, a newspaper boy, to confess to the crime, in order to throw the police off the actual murderer's trail— giving... |
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| February 12, 1937 | Ditto Ditto (1937 film) -Cast:* Buster Keaton - The Forgotten Man* Gloria Brewster - Housewife* Barbara Brewster - Housewife's twin sister* Harold Goodwin - Hank* Lynton Brent - Bill* Al Thompson* Robert Ellsworth... |
The forgotten man | — | ||
| March 26, 1937 | Love Nest on Wheels Love Nest on Wheels Love Nest on Wheels is a 1937 film directed by Buster Keaton and Charles Lamont. The Internet Movie Database cites the plot as "Elmer, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure." The film borrows heavily from Keaton's... |
Elmer | — |
Starring Buster Keaton, for Columbia Pictures
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | |Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | |Role | |||
| June 16, 1939 | Pest from the West Pest from the West Pest from the West is the first short subject starring American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of ten films for the studio between 1939 and 1941.-Synopsis:... |
Sir | — | ||
| August 11, 1939 | Mooching Through Georgia Mooching Through Georgia Mooching Through Georgia is the second short subject starring American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of ten films for the studio between 1939 and 1941.-Synopsis:... |
Homer Cobb | — | ||
| January 19, 1940 | Nothing but Pleasure | Clarence Plunkett | — | ||
| March 22, 1940 | Pardon My Berth Marks | Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy | — | ||
| June 28, 1940 | The Taming of the Snood | Buster Keaton | — | ||
| September 20, 1940 | The Spook Speaks | Buster | — | ||
| December 13, 1940 | His Ex Marks the Spot | Buster - the husband | — | ||
| February 21, 1941 | So You Won't Squawk! | Eddie | — | ||
| September 18, 1941 | General Nuisance | Peter Lamar - Jr. | — | ||
| November 20, 1941 | She's Oil Mine She's Oil Mine She's Oil Mine is the last short subject American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of ten films for the studio between 1939 and 1941.-Plot:... |
Buster Waters, plumber | — |
Starring Buster Keaton, for independent producers
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| Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | |Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | |Role | |||
| 1952 | A Paradise for Buster | Buster | — | ||
| October 2, 1965 | The Railrodder The Railrodder The Railrodder is a 1965 short comedy film released by the National Film Board of Canada and starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles. It was also his final silent film, as the film contains no dialogue and all sound effects are overdubbed.... |
The man | — | ||
| January 8, 1966 | Film Film (film) Film is a film written by Samuel Beckett, his only screenplay. It was commissioned by Barney Rosset of Grove Press. Writing began on 5 April 1963 with a first draft completed within four days. A second draft was produced by 22 May and a forty-leaf shooting script followed thereafter... |
The man | — | ||
| January 8, 1966 | The Scribe The Scribe The Scribe is a 1966 comedy film short starring Buster Keaton in his last film role before his death from lung cancer on February 1, 1966. It was produced by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario, Canada to promote Construction site safety, and was filmed where the Ontario Government... |
Journalist | — |
Television appearances
- What's My Line?What's My Line?What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations....
09/01/1957 (Episode # 378) (Season 9, Ep 1) Mystery Guest
- Candid CameraCandid CameraCandid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947...
, episode "In the Diner" (1962).
- Route 66Route 66 (TV series)Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod...
, as the town jinx in "Journey to Nineveh" (1962)
- Twilight ZoneTwilight zone-Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...
- Once Upon a TimeOnce Upon a Time (The Twilight Zone)"Once Upon a Time" is a 1961 episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:Woodrow Mulligan is a grumpy janitor in 1890, dissatisfied with his time and place: a backwater town called "Harmony" with seventeen-cent cuts of meat, two-dollar hats, livestock freely...
15/12/1961 (Episode # 078) (Season 3, Ep 13) Woodrow Mulligan
- Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonMr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1962-1963 ABC sitcom starring Fess Parker as Eugene Smith, an honest but unsophisticated U.S. senator from an unidentified small-populated state. The half-hour program is based on the 1939 Frank Capra film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring James Stewart in...
, as Si Willis in episode "Think Mink" (1963)